Ellis Harper

Birth Date

c1842

Death Date

1908-06-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Tennessee, captain. Enlisted in the 30th Tennessee Infantry and was captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862. Escaped at an undetermined date and joined with General John Hunt Morgan, who procured a Captain’s commission for Harper. Harper’s Partisan Rangers were active along the Louisville & Nashville rail line in Confederate territory under occupation by Union forces. Harper and his men surrendered and were paroled on May 9, 1865.

Find A Grave, “Capt Ellis Harper (1842-June 28, 1908),” Memorial #98967383, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98967383 (accessed June 5, 2017); Sons of Confederate Veterans, Tennessee Chapter, Captain Ellis Harper: Partisan Raider, http://www.tennessee-scv.org/harper.html

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